TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says.The U.S.-based nonprofit linked some of the world’s largest car manufacturers to aluminum allegedly produced with forced labor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stocks are near record highs. Growth was surprisingly strong last year. And once-hot inflation has begun to cool. But so far, U.S. adults are feeling only slightly better about the economy.A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 35% of U.S. adults call the national economy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slayings of six men last week at a remote desert crossroads that authorities believe stemmed from a soured illegal cannabis deal spotlighted a longstanding problem in California: a thriving underground marijuana market despite years of legal sales that were expected to stamp it out.The killings provided a tragic reminder of
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union on Thursday called on Kosovo to postpone an effort to force ethnic Serbian-dominated areas to adopt the same currency as the rest of the country, as rules that would block use of the Serbian dinar went into effect.Most of Kosovo uses the Euro, even though the country is
LONDON (AP) — A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump that accused a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” that were false and harmed his reputation.Judge Karen Steyn said the case Trump filed against Orbis Business Intelligence should be dismissed. “There are no
DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden will celebrate his recent endorsement by the United Auto Workers union by visiting Michigan on Thursday, but his time in this critical battleground state with the nation’s highest density of Arab Americans threatens to be overshadowed by growing anger over U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Biden’s meeting
SYDNEY (AP) — New Zealand said Thursday it will contemplate sharing advanced military technologies with the United States and Britain as it pursues closer defense ties with Australia amid worries over an increasingly assertive China.The defense and foreign ministers of Australia and New Zealand met in Melbourne to discuss deepening security ties between the neighboring
Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The hacking with spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group occurred from early 2020 until last November, Access Now said in its report. It
BERLIN (AP) — German beer sales dropped 4.5% last year, resuming a long-term downward trend, official figures showed Thursday.German-based breweries and distributors sold about 8.4 billion liters (2.2 billion gallons) of beer last year, the Federal Statistical Office said. That figure doesn’t include non-alcoholic beer and beer imported from outside the European Union.In 2022, beer
Politika | 01.02.2024 | access_time 11:30 Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić izjavio je danas na sastanku s predsedavajućim Vojnog komiteta Evropske unije generalom Robertom Brigerom da je za zvanični Beograd bezbednost srpskog stanovništa na Kosovu i održavanje mira i stabilnosti u regionu prioritet.Vučić je na Instagramu napisao da je sa Brigerom razgovarao “o situaciji na Kosovu
